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[justleesa]

Very cool....I think I saw some chum in the water...she didn't even go for it....beautiful animal (if it weren't for all those teeth)...

Thanks, same to you and your family Melissa...and everybody else too!!

 

[kidspot]

very impressive ... what a beautiful animal

 

[Al Mialkovsky]

It's great fun seeing them in the water when you're a diver.

Not as much fun as when you're a surfer.

Tigers worry me more than whitey does.

 

[Cacia]

It's great fun seeing them in the water when you're a diver.

Not as much fun as when you're a surfer.

Tigers worry me more than whitey does.

why? I thought Tigers just take pieces of you by mistake. GW like to eat mammals
Go ahead, Al, convince me, I want to be convinced!

 

[Al Mialkovsky]

Well Catherine I'm not as good at convincing women as I once was as serveral hundred years of marriage have depleted those skills, but, I'll try.

Whitey isn't as powerful as a kitty. The kitty can take a limb with one bite while whitey needs to shake violently to sever the same limb. Whitey isn't as agressive and will usually take a "smallish bite and wait for the victim to quit bleeding andthrashing around so it's safer to consume. Kitty on the other hand will just take a huge hunk out of you and it's all too often enough to kill ya.

When on Maui and those 5 kitty sharks entered Honolua Bay they shut it down for a few days. For good reason. When a state guy on a ski tried to herd a 14 footer away the shark turned and went directly at the ski. This was enough to convince me that the kitty is in charge down there, nothing seems to intimidate them.

I've seen whitey turn and run from a diver before.

So the good news is whitey is safer. The bad news? Kitty lives where you do Catherine.

 

[Mantasscareme]

I'm not much of a science whiz, but I had thought that away from the coral reefs, Hawaii's waters were supposed to be to nutrient-poor to support much life. What could a 20ft. great white possibly find to eat out there? By the way, what happened to the guy who tried to herd the tiger shark with a jet ski, was he okay?

 

[Al Mialkovsky]

Nothing happened to him, the shark just dove beneath the ski at the last moment and kept going. The guy on the ski received a radio call from the guy I was standing next to which basicially informed him he was an idiot and should stay away from the kitties.

 

[ch0ppersrule]

Every year there is a Great White around. Last year (not 2005, but 2004) there was a GW spotted in Makaha. During one of the big fishing events several of the fisherman spotted a large GW. I heard she comes back every year. Right after she was spotted we went diving off "The Beach" so I was constantly looking around kinda hoping to see her, but really hoping not to.

Melissa

 

[Cacia]

I heard that now that the turtles and monk seals numbers are up, we see more big sharks.

 

[kidspot]

a friend of mine from the MOC was telling me that GW used to be very common in Hawaii as many of the ancient artifacts consisting of shark teeth were GW teeth... I didn't ask why the numbers depleted though - next time I see him I'll try to remember and ask...